Editor:
As an admitted 84-year-old newcomer to this area, I am enrolled in an assisted living accommodation.
I am absolutely appalled at the drastic decisions being made by independent school districts authorities concerning President Obama’s scheduled Tuesday address to the nation’s students.
I am shocked, amazed, disappointed, angered, and driven to vehemently protest such actions by ostensible education leaders, probably superintendents and/or school boards.
What right do school leaders have to boycott a nation-wide address by the president of the United States?
Schools are established for one purpose only —to teach their students how to prepare themselves for future life, presumably a law-abiding, successful citizens of whatever future endeavors they choose.
Citizenship is one of the prime goals of public schools instruction. What better adjunct to achieve responsible citizenship than the opportunity to hear what our president has to say to the nation about education, as it looks to him today?
As reported in the news Friday, all sorts of absurd reasons were given by school big shots as to why the president will not be seen or heard Tuesday.
Lunch time disruptions; hard to get large viewership for speech; inability (?) of computerization for all; and lack of interest. Yeah, lack of interest by timid school leaders.
Me thinks that Friendswood, Dickinson, Glenn Creek, etc. school leaders are scared stiff that a Democrat President will sully the minds of immature students. Read: pressure from Republicans who despise anything that President Obama does!
Balderdash! Let the students hear -see him and they’ll make up- their own minds. Let all school students, of all public schools have due right to get accessibility to Obama’s Tuesday address.
They have the obligation and school authorities should make it obligatory for every student and teacher to tune in Tuesday!
After all, this is democracy —the right to hear everything, whether or not any of it is disagreeable.
C’mon school administrators, change your minds Endorse Obama’s effort to aid education. Open Tuesday’s event to all!
I don't remember the Democrats making a fuss. I know I didn't and my children were in public school.
Actually, I thought it was fine for Bush to talk to my kids, even though I didn't agree with his politics. We should respect the office and have at least some faith that any U.S. President wanting to address our children wouldn't bother with politics.
Obama totally changed his speech and dropped the issues with medical care which should have not been presented to grade school children anyway.
Since it was toned down. It was basically okay.
BUT, how many times a day does this many have to be on camera and TV? This every day thing is growing tiresome to say the least. It takes away from his power base. I am growing very board of him. This way he is becomeing a TV character not a president.